Been caught speeding

Well in over 25 years of driving I've never heard of a police car mounted cam that issues speeding tickets by following you. I will stand corrected if anyone here has actually received a ticket this way but it doesn't sound like they have. I'd expect them to have pulled you over. If your Speedo is anything like mine it's probably quite far out anyway and over estimates you. Sounds like the car was also travelling at a similar speed to have caught up and followed you in the first place. Was it your average police car or a traffic police vehicle (round here they have big swanky Volvos rather than Ford Focus for example).

I wouldn't expect a ticket but please take it as notice to slow the fuck down. Single carriageway roads with a 60mph limit can be some of the most dangerous roads in the country, doing 80mph on one beggars belief. You certainly will find yourself getting points on your licence or on a speed awareness course at some point soon, and it would be very easy to lose your licence quickly. More seriously you are risking injuring or killing yourself and others.

You sound like a terrible driver. Be more aware and stop speeding. It kills people - and often not the driver. Selfish and stupid. I hope you get prosecuted.

Don't do the crime if you can't pay the fine

If they didn't pull you over, nowt to worry about with regards to getting a ticket

You won't get a ticket.

I was pulled over for doing 60 in a 40 and just got a telling off. He told me he only pulled me over to check I wasn't drunk.

You say you were travelling “about 80” in a 60 mph zone, would you travel at 50mph in a 30 zone?
If all drivers slowed down a little, were more patient and courteous on the roads there wouldn’t be so many accidents.

Out of interest . Would you drive 50mph in a 30 mph zone?

Your fine honestly op they would of pulled you over there and then

If you are lucky you will get the option of a speed awareness course where you will learn the impact of going over the speed limit and how just a few miles slower can mean the difference between life and death for you and others and hopefully you will slow down and drive more reasonably.

Otherwise you might get points on your licence or even court if you were going more than a certain percentage over the speed limit.

Another day though, if your speeding killed someone, it could be prison so being followed by a police car was not too bad an option today.

Why did you need to get home so quickly?

Some people’s jobs mean they lose their job if they get caught speeding. So I wouldn’t take the moral high ground that everyone breaks the law.

You were going too fast for a speed awareness course. If your slightly over the limit you can take the course and pay a fine or pay a fine/percentage of your earnings and incur the points for doing so much as 1 mile over the limit. It’s up to the police if they issue you a letter or not.

If the police just followed you I don’t think they’ll issue you a letter, as although it’s clear you were breaking the law they’ve no evidence how fast you were going.

If you do get stopped I wouldn’t roll out “be kind”.

If you don’t get a fine I hope you learned a lesson. That being… Watch your speed. At least you didn’t kill anyone this time. Next time you might not be so lucky.

For what it’s worth, I had similar, pulled off the motorway, was speeding as I approached the town. £60 fine. I was slowing down, but just not fast enough.

I would think that they would have pulled you over at the time, rather than send a fine via the post op.
I wouldn't worry about it too much.

You won't get a ticket. You're fine. Take it as a lesson though, please.

What she said!

Driving at the speed limit or below is not driving slowly. It is driving within the law. Very few people drive at 20 mph above the limit, and those that do are putting others at risk.

Me too. Because the OP clearly hasn't learned anything other than to check the car behind them out better. The OP had made it clear that they care neither about the law nor morals - they don't care about the lives of others either.

When you say most people have sped at some point I’d be inclined to agree, but I’m talking a few mph over in exceptional circumstances... not a good 20 over, that’s crazy

I'm sorry but I truly can't believe all the holier than thou attitudes on here. The majority of drivers don't stick to the speed limit all the time. You only have to travel on any motorway to see that. Driving slowly does not necessarily make you a better or safer driver!
OP I hope you don't get a fine this time. This experience has probably made you more vigilant of your speed anyway!

With respect I hope you get fined along with the points penalty.

I don’t want to hit people or risk hurting them. Ever.

Probably shouldn't drive then. Ever. Or at the very least I hope you check your lights, indicators, horn, wipers, washers, heater blower, tyre pressure, tyre tread, tyre walls (inner and outer) before you set off on any journey.

And I do not believe that any of you have never ever broken the speed limit
This is always the response of people on speeding threads , loads of people don’t break the speed limit and if they do it’s literally by a couple of mph ( not 20 ) .

I'm not convinced that every police car is equipped with the necessary to issue you a ticket. They may have followed you (at the same speed) but there are specific rules around the calibration of speed-measuring devices unlikely to be met by a random patrol car. Sleep easy OP but think of this as a wrist slap.